Doesn anyone have any pics of any custom dashes for a sami?? Im wanting to do something alomng the lines of a cj7 type dash, and dotn know how difficult that would be. I havent been able to tear my existing dash out to look yet so any input is great :)

Itsmejoe231

03-16-2006, 06:08 PM

Petroworks (http://www.petroworks.com/) makes a nice one.

http://www.petroworks.com/images/Alum%20Dash,%20In%20Yellow%20Sam.jpg

Billjohn

03-16-2006, 07:41 PM

Larry and Terrina are putting one of those in Project Truck #1. Gary has offered them since 2000.

seaweed

03-16-2006, 08:10 PM

i fabbed up my own dash by removing original,removing spot welded sheet metal.then welding flat stock on the bottom and the top plumb to each other.i then made a template out of paper transfered it to a piece of cardboad
brought it to local shop had it cut out along with guage holes located and cut out.re wired drilled and tapped to flat stock and installed. ill try to take some pics

purevil71

03-17-2006, 01:54 AM

Petroworks (http://www.petroworks.com/) makes a nice one.

http://www.petroworks.com/images/Alum%20Dash,%20In%20Yellow%20Sam.jpg

Those are SO pimp......I want one :mrgreen:

shorty

03-17-2006, 07:38 AM

I built mine, but didn't want to do the whole dash from scratch so I used a bit of plexiglass and some imagination..

It didn't take long and was really easy to wire in and of course it all bolted into the original holes.

Dontchya wanna know how fast you're going?? :mrgreen:

Billjohn

03-17-2006, 10:31 PM

Dontchya wanna know how fast you're going?? :mrgreen:

In a Samurai?
:funny:

DesertZuki

03-18-2006, 11:32 AM

When I had my '69 FJ40, I was taking a friend for a ride in it for the first time. We were just on a desert road but I caught him staring at the dash. When he noticed my stare, he reached over and tapped on the glass of the speedo where it showed "80." He said, "That's kinda optimistic, isn't it?"

shorty

03-18-2006, 04:38 PM

In a Samurai?
:funny:

In a samurai, with death wobble, from a bad pinion angle, no shocks mounted yet... ummm NO NOT REALLY!!! chrfal

He said, "That's kinda optimistic, isn't it?"

Before the changes on the 87 stocker my wife had, it would do close to 100, I had a friend follow me, because his cars speedo went to 95 and we had the needle pegged, now it took a little while to get there, but it would do it.

muskyslayr

03-19-2006, 06:59 AM

How steep was the hill...musta been a doozy...ha ha

Big4x4ride

03-19-2006, 02:44 PM

i may get 80 out with the 2.8, but after summer when the 3.4 stroker goes in I may be able to get 100+, no way in hell Id do it though